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2010 LaSalle County Station Initial Examination Proposed Exam Files

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2010 LASALLE COUNTY STATION IN ITlAL EXAM1 NATION PROPOSED EXAM FILES

Nuclear LaSalle Generating Station www.exeloncorp.com 2601 North 2ist Road Marseilles, IL 61341-9757 10 CFR 55.40 RA10-051 August 2,2010 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: NRC Region Ill Administrator 2443 Warrenville Rd.

Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 LaSalle County Station, Units 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-11 and NPF-18 NRC Docket Nos. 50-373/50-374

Subject:

Submittal of Integrated Initial Operator Licensing Examination Materials Enclosed are the examination materials that LaSalle County Station is submitting in support of the Initial License Examination scheduled for September 13 through September 24, 201 0 at LaSalle County Station.

This submittal includes the Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Written Examinations, Job Performance Measures, and Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides.

These examination materials have been developed in accordance with NUREG -

1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards, Revision 9, Supplement 1.

Please note that reference materials are attached to each individual examination question or item.

Some minor modifications have been made to the Integrated Operating and Written Examination Outline with regards to the operational scenarios in order to improve balance and content. These changes improve examination quality and are in compliance with NUREG -1 021, Revision 9, Supplement 1.

August 2, 2010 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 Additional modifications or adjustments to the examination material may be required due to procedural changes.

In accordance with NUREG -1021, Revision 9, Supplement 1, Section ES-201, Initial Operator Licensing Examination Process, please ensure that these materials are withheld from public disclosure until after the examinations are complete.

Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Mr. Terrence Simpkin, Regulatory Assurance Manager, at (81 5) 41 5-2800. For questions concerning examination outlines, please contact Michael Entwistle at (815) 415-4025.

Res pectfu I I y, David P. Rhoades Site-Vice President LaSalle County Station

Enclosures:

(Hand delivered to Dell McNeil, Chief Examiner, NRC Region Ill)

RO/SRO Composite Examination with references attached Control Room Systems and Facility Walk-Through Job Performance Measures with references attached Administrative Topic Job Performance Measures with references attached Integrated Plant Operation Scenario Guides Completed Checklists:

Operating Test Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-3)

Simulator Scenario Quality Checklist (Form ES-301-4)

Transient and Event Checklist (Form ES-301-5)

Competencies Checklist (Form ES-301-6)

Written Exam Quality Checklist (Form ES-401-6)

Examination Security Agreements (Form ES-201-3)

Record of Rejected WAS (Form ES-401-4)

BWR Examination Outline (Forms ES-401-1 and ES-401-3) cc:

Chief, NRC Operator Licensing Branch (w/o enclosures)

Senior Resident Inspector - LaSalle County Station (w/o enclosures)

August 2,2010 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 bcc:

(without enclosures)

LaSalle County Station Project Manager, NRR Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Director, Licensing and Regulatory Services Manager, Licensing - LaSalle County Station Nuclear Licensing Administrator - LaSalle County Station Exelon Document Control Desk Licensing (Hard Copy)

Exelon Document Control Desk Licensing (Electronic Copy)

Human Resources - LaSalle County Station Training Manager - LaSalle County Station

ES-301 Operating Test Quality Checklist Form ES-301-3 a

1. General Criteria

a.

The operating test conforms with the previously approved outline; changes are consistent with sampling requirements (e.g., 10 CFR 55.45, operational importance, safety function distribution).

b.

C.

There is no day-to-day repetition between this and other operating tests to be administered during this examination.

The operating test shall not duplicate items from the applicants audit test(s). (see Section D.1.a.)

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d.

Overlap with the written examination and between different parts of the operating test is within acceptable limits.

a.

Each the following, as applicable:

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ons to be made by the applicant restrictions on the sequence of steps, if applicable

b.

Ensure that any changes from the previously approved systems and administrative walk-through outlines (Forms ES-301-1 and 2) have not caused the test to deviate from any of the acceptance criteria (e.g., item distribution, bank use, repetition from the last 2 NRC examinations) specified on those forms and Form ES-201-2.

3. Simulator Criteria ts (scenario sets) have been reviewed in accordance with

a.

Author

b.

Facility Reviewer(*)

c.

NRC Chief Examiner (#)

d.

NRC Supervisor -&

W NOTE:

• The facility signature is not apDlicable for NRC-develoDed tests.

ES-301 Simulator Scenario Quality Checkli Form ES-301-4

1.

The initial conditions are realistic, in that some equipment andlor instrumentation may be out of service, but it does not cue the operators into expected events.

2.

The scenarios consist mostly of related events.

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3.

Each event description consists of the point in the scenario when it is to be initiated the malfunction(s) that are entered to initiate the event the symptomslcues that will be visible to the crew the expected operator actions (by shift position) the event termination point (if applicable)

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4.

No more than one non-mechanistic failure (e.g., pipe break) is incorporated into the scenario without a credible preceding incident such as a seismic event.

5.

The events are valid with regard to physics and thermodynamics.

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6.

7.

Sequencing and timing of events is reasonable, and allows the examination team to obtain complete evaluation results commensurate with the scenario objectives.

If time compression techniques are used, the scenario summary clearly so indicates.

Operators have sufficient time to carry out expected activities without undue time constraints.

Cues are given.

The simulator modelina is not altered.

8.

9.

The scenarios have been validated. Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.46(d), any open simulator performance deficiencies or deviations from the referenced plant have been evaluated to ensure that functional fidelity is maintained while running the planned scenarios.

10.

Every operator will be evaluated using at least one new or significantly modified scenario.

All other scenarios have been altered in accordance with Section D.5 of ES-301.

11.

All individual operator competencies can be evaluated, as verified using Form ES-301-6 (submit the form alona with the simulator scenarios).

12.

Each applicant will be significantly involved in the minimum number of transients and events SDecified on Form ES-301-5 (submit the form with the simulator scenarios).

Target Quantitative Attributes (Per Scenario: See Section D.5.d)

Actual Attributes

1.

Total malfunctions (5-8) 6 / 7 / 7 1 8

2.

Malfunctions after EOP entry (1-2) 2 / / I I 1 3

3.

Abnormal events (24) 3 / 5 / 5 1 4

4.

Major transients (1-2) 2 I l I Z l \\

5.

EOPs enteredlrequirina substantive actions (1-2) t 1 2 / 3 1 2

6.

EOP contingencies requiring substantive actions (0-2) 0 1111 I I

7.

Critical tasks (2-3)

ES-401 Written Examination Quality Checklist Form ES-401-6

1.

2.

a.

NRC WAS are referenced for all questions.

3.

4.

Questions and answers are technically accurate and applicable to the facility.

b.

Facility learning objectives are referenced as available.

SRO questions are appropriate in accordance with Section D.2.d of ES-401 The sampling process was random and systematic (If more than 4 RO or 2 SRO questions were repeated from the last 2 NRC licensing exams, consult the NRR OL program office).

5.

Question duplication from the license screening/audit exam was controlled as indicated below (check the item that applies) and appears appropriate:

J the audit exam was systematically and randomly developed; or

-the audit exam was completed before the license exam was started; or the examinations were develooed indeDendentlv: or

-the licensee certifies that there is no duplication other (explain)

6.

Bank use meets limits (no more than 75 percent Bank Modified New from the bank, at least 10 percent new, and the rest question distribution(s) at right.

new or modified); enter the actual RO / SRO-only I\\ 13 0 10 &'t2 I

7.

Between 50 and 60 percent of the questions on the RO Memory CIA exam are written at the comprehension/ analysis level; the SRO exam may exceed 60 percent if the randomly selected WAS support the higher cognitive levels; enter the actual RO / SRO question distribution(s) at right.

References/handouts provided do not give away answe or aid in the elimination of distractors.

Question content conforms with specific WA statements in the previously approved examination outline and is appropriate for the tier to which they are assigned; deviations are justified.

Question psychometric quality and format meet the guidelines in ES Appendix 6.

The exam contains the required number of one-point, multiple choice items; I

35 / 9 40 / 16

8.

9.

10.

11.

a. Author

b. Facility Reviewer (*)

c. NRC Chief Examiner (#)

d. NRC Regional Note:

• The facility reviewer's initials/signature are not applicable for NRC-developed examinations.

1. Independent NRC reviewer initial items in Column "c"; chief examiner concurrence required.